Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic by Alison Bechdel (English) Paperback Book

Description: Fun Home by Alison Bechdel Estimated delivery 4-14 business days Format Paperback Condition Brand New Description DISCOVER the BESTSELLING GRAPHIC MEMOIR behind the 2019 Olivier Award nominated musical.A sapphic graphic treat The TimesA moving and darkly humorous family tale, pitch-perfectly illustrated with Alison Bechdels gothic drawings. Publisher Description **ONE OF THE GUARDIANS 100 BEST BOOKS OF THE 21st CENTURY**DISCOVER the BESTSELLING GRAPHIC MEMOIR behind the Olivier Award nominated musical.A sapphic graphic treat The TimesA moving and darkly humorous family tale, pitch-perfectly illustrated with Alison Bechdels gothic drawings. If you liked Marjane Satrapis Persepolis youll love this.Meet Alisons father, a historic preservation expert and obsessive restorer of the familys Victorian home, a third-generation funeral home director, a high-school English teacher, an icily distant parent, and a closeted homosexual who, as it turns out, is involved with his male students and the family babysitter. When Alison comes out as homosexual herself in late adolescence, the denouement is swift, graphic, and redemptive.Interweaving between childhood memories, college life and present day, and through narrative that is equally heartbreaking and fiercely funny, Alison looks back on her complex relationship with her father and finds they had more in common than she ever knew.A groundbreaking masterpiece The IndependentA finely woven blend of yearning and euphoric fantasy Evening Standard**ONE OF THE GUARDIANS 100 BEST BOOKS OF THE 21st CENTURY** Author Biography Alison Bechdel is the author of three internationally acclaimed graphic memoirs, Fun Home- A Family Tragicomic, Are You My Mother?- A Comic Drama and The Secret to Superhuman Strength. Fun Home was a New York Times bestseller, won an Eisner Award and was a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award. It was named a Best Book of the 21st Century by the Guardian, was adapted to a broadway musical which won five Tony Awards and is currently being adapted for cinema. For twenty-five years, she wrote and drew the comic strip Dykes to Watch Out For, a visual chronicle of modern life - queer and otherwise - considered one of the preeminent oeuvres in the comics genre. Alison Bechdel is guest editor of Best American Comics, 2011, and has drawn comics for Slate, McSweeneys, Entertainment Weekly, Granta, and The New York Times Book Review. In 2014 she was named as one of the recipients of the MacArthur Genius Award.http-//dykestowatchoutfor.com/ Details ISBN 1529116163 ISBN-13 9781529116168 Title Fun Home Author Alison Bechdel Format Paperback Year 2022 Pages 240 Publisher Vintage Publishing GE_Item_ID:135451598; About Us Grand Eagle Retail is the ideal place for all your shopping needs! With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and over 1,000,000 in stock items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! Shipping & Delivery Times Shipping is FREE to any address in USA. Please view eBay estimated delivery times at the top of the listing. Deliveries are made by either USPS or Courier. We are unable to deliver faster than stated. International deliveries will take 1-6 weeks. NOTE: We are unable to offer combined shipping for multiple items purchased. This is because our items are shipped from different locations. Returns If you wish to return an item, please consult our Returns Policy as below: Please contact Customer Services and request "Return Authorisation" before you send your item back to us. Unauthorised returns will not be accepted. Returns must be postmarked within 4 business days of authorisation and must be in resellable condition. Returns are shipped at the customer's risk. We cannot take responsibility for items which are lost or damaged in transit. For purchases where a shipping charge was paid, there will be no refund of the original shipping charge. Additional Questions If you have any questions please feel free to Contact Us. Categories Baby Books Electronics Fashion Games Health & Beauty Home, Garden & Pets Movies Music Sports & Outdoors Toys

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